Ch.36
After Yoongi was discovered, Seokjin felt it was best to bring the problem back to the warehouse. Did he not remember Namjoon's words? He made them promise not to have Yoongi around. Too late for that reminder. The ride back was extremely awkward. They didn't understand where Yoongi came from or why he was in your apartment. You didn't bother to tell them much since you would have to reveal it all at the warehouse. Seokjin looked through the rear-view mirror to watch the uncomfortable boys in the back. Yoongi sat in the middle of the first years to make sure they didn't try to start something else. Jimin regretted his actions almost immediately after Yoongi knocked some sense into him. Jungkook was cooling down from the fight.
Then there was you. Staring out the window and internally screaming in the passenger's seat. It was hard to process the events that just occurred. Did Jimin seriously start a fight with Jungkook over you? Just thinking about it made you want to groan and shrivel up. You didn't think those two would go that far. There's going to be a lot of talking at the warehouse. Seokjin went back to focusing on the road as he turned onto the narrow street for the warehouse. He ignored a homeless man screaming for money and parked in front of the giant building. All of you were going to be here for a while. Slowly exiting the car, you turned to look at Yoongi who just kept walking. He didn't even spare you a glance which hurt. Hopefully, if he's forgiven by the gang then he won't go back to being his hateful self towards you.
Seokjin put his hand on your back to push you forward. He made sure to keep an eye on the younger boys. They coughed awkwardly as they entered the building. Yoongi stood at the entrance, but hesitated to walk in. Taehyung and Hoseok were playing a game while Namjoon was opening a can. The two playing their game didn't notice everyone coming back in, but Namjoon raised his brows. Before he could welcome everyone back, his eyes landed on you. Little did he know that he had another surprise waiting for him. The pink hair straightened his back and opened his mouth to ask until Seokjin motioned for the surprise to come inside. Yoongi took slow, small steps inside and gave Namjoon a weak smile. The expression on the leader changed right away.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Namjoon raised his voice to catch the attention of the other two members. "You guys promised me!"
"Namjoon, I'm sorry." Seokjin sighed. "But more problems just keep coming up and we have to deal with them."
"What do you mean more problems?" Namjoon furrowed his brows. Seokjin silently shoved Jungkook and Jimin in front of him. The three members at the table took a close look to see that they had been a fight. Yoongi didn't have a new scratch on him so it couldn't be his fault. Besides, Jungkook and Jimin refused to look at each other. This made you feel guilty for causing a bump in their relationship. "What happened?"
"They fought over a certain someone." Seokjin glanced at you, making your face burn bright red. Taehyung stood up from his chair in shock. He rushed over and grabbed Jimin by the shoulders, looking him over first.
"Jiminie..." Taehyung frowned before staring at Jungkook. "Why would you two do that? Jungkook, I can't belieâ"
"I started the fight. I hit him first..." Jimin admitted, making Taehyung's eyes open wide.
"Jimin why?" Taehyung perplexed. He held onto Jimin tightly for some time. Then he took his hands off and nodded. "No, I know why. I'm just shocked."
"Yoongi separated us before it got worse. Seokjin couldn't even stop us," Jungkook stated as Hoseok came closer to the rest of the group.
Namjoon remained by the table. He wanted to come closer, but a certain male prevented him from doing so. Hoseok pursed his lips at Yoongi who looked to the side in shame. It made you wonder why he would be feeling that. He's practically gotten the forgiveness of everyone, but Namjoon. He helped stop Jungkook and Jimin from killing each other. Not to mention he's gained a new friend on his little journey. He's repented for his past actions and is working on really changing himself. Hoseok told Yoongi to lift his head which took the blue hair a while. Then he finally looked up to see the red hair smiling at him. Taehyung was even happy to see him back at the warehouse and Seokjin was at peace.
"You're back." Hoseok grinned. "And have you learned your lesson, Hyung?"
"I think I did...(F/n) helped me figure out a lot of things while I was away from you guys." Yoongi rubbed the back of his neck.
"How did you stop the fight? Were you just passing by?" Taehyung asked.
"I saw him come out of (F/n)'s apartment." Seokjin crossed his arms. Jimin was shocked and Jungkook immediately had questions. They thought he had come out of nowhere.
"What? What were you doing inside her apartment?" The maknae turned to face him.
"Oh boy, we'll have to sit down for this long story." You chuckled.
They all slowly joined you in the laughter, growing more comfortable with each other. Yoongi began to cheer up to see the members happy to have him back. Jungkook and Jimin were giving each other apologetic expressions. Everyone started making their way over to the green couch until Namjoon tossed the can in that direction. Hoseok and Seokjin jumped in fear as the can exploded. Taehyung worriedly watched Namjoon glaring at Yoongi, making the blue hair lose his confidence inside the warehouse again. You patted Yoongi's arm for comfort, but he only pulled his arm away from you.
"It's that easy for all of you..." Namjoon tightened his fists. "Do you guys really not respect me as a leader anymore to the point where you guys don't even listen to me?"
"Namjoon, you're a leader who keeps us together and comes up with great tactics. But you don't control our opinions so what's wrong?" Hoseok stepped forward to his best friend. Namjoon clicked his tongue, walking down to meet up with the rest. He didn't look in Yoongi's direction at all.
"I don't know...I'm just worried that my little mess up with Taehyung has ruined me as a leader for good. I don't want to accept that." Namjoon sighed heavily. "My insecurities about my leadership have really gotten to me. That's why I don't want Yoongi back."
"You're a good leader, Namjoon hyung. You're just doing what's best for us, but I think you need to realize that you can't be perfect," Taehyung spoke up with a smile. "And that's okay!"
"Grow from this experience. Don't go back to old Namjoon and just improve from here," Seokjin told the pink hair.
Namjoon stayed silent for a long time before telling everyone to head to the couch. All the members wisely chose a place to sit. You sat on the arm of the couch with Taehyung to your left. Next to him was Jimin with Seokjin in the middle of him and Jungkook. On the other arm of the couch was Hoseok while Namjoon and Yoongi sat in new fold up chairs. The last one they had was really rusty. Plus, Namjoon broke it. Instead of beating around the bush, Yoongi told Namjoon that he could hit him anywhere he wanted. Just like what Jungkook did, Yoongi wanted Namjoon to let out his anger physically. The offer was declined right away by Namjoon who mainly wanted to talk.
The conversation started out by Namjoon asking Yoongi the questions you had asked before. Why did you do it? The blue hair recalled those nights when he talked to you before going to bed or early morning chats. He told Namjoon what he could. How he didn't really know why and did it because he felt like it. That power-hungry feeling he got from when the gang started. Yoongi let everything off his chest that you helped dig out after constantly questioning him. He had to be really tired for you to get any information out of him or very vulnerable. Namjoon silently listened, nodding his head to whenever anything made sense. He could tell Yoongi felt guilty, but the second year needed more than that.
Plenty more questions were thrown at Yoongi by the leader. They were more personal to Namjoon. He asked Yoongi if he was aware how his actions would hurt the group or him if they found out. Namjoon made sure to drill these questions into the third year. Yoongi answered honestly as he could, scratching his fading blue hair. No one on the couch interfered their conversation once. Even if at moments when Namjoon sounded harsh. They let him get out all his emotions which led to Namjoon growing teary eyed. Soon the questions were on about the complete beginning.
"When you first met me, did you always have bad intentions?" Namjoon bit his lip to stop it from shaking.
"No...I didn't think about using you in any way." Yoongi let his shoulders fall down. "I saw you as just some reckless kid, so I didn't see you as useful to me."
"...I know you've changed a lot since the gang has first started," Namjoon said, "But have you changed again?"
"I'm making my efforts to be better...I want to be there for you guys because I-I'm sorry..." Yoongi tried his hardest to keep eye contact with Namjoon. That changed the hard expression Namjoon was holding. He seemed almost moved now.
"Did (F/n) really help you?" Namjoon stared at you.
"Yeah, surprisingly." Yoongi chuckled with slight amusement to see you beaming. "She let me sleep at her place, gave me food, ate with me at lunch, and made me understand..."
"D-Did you sleep in her room?" Jungkook mumbled.
"On the floor." Yoongi smirked.
"Don't let him get too jealous." Namjoon joked, letting Yoongi's gummy smile appear on his face. That was definitely improvement now that Namjoon can joke with Yoongi again. It made your shoulders feel less heavy. Namjoon turned to you with his dimples cutely showing. "So that's where you been during lunch?"
"I didn't want him to be alone." You giggled.
"I told her I was fine." Yoongi sighed, slouching in his chair.
"They were hiding in the boy's bathroom in the third-year building." Seokjin scoffed. Yoongi and you instantly snapped your head's in Seokjin's direction.
"How'd you know?" Your mouth was agape.
"It's hard not to hear about it when I'm a third year myself. I kept hearing guys complaining that they can't piss in the good bathroom because of Yoongi." Seokjin laughed loudly. The other boys snickered too to hear Yoongi was still causing trouble when he was supposed to be under cover. The second oldest grinned.
"And you didn't tell the others when you knew?" Yoongi began.
"No, I kept your dirty secret," Seokjin said proudly of himself. He got up from the couch and went to hug Yoongi tightly. This time Yoongi didn't even make a face of protest. The blue hair just sat in his chair with a small smile. Namjoon sighed before scolding Yoongi harshly one more time.
"Aish, I'm older than you. Do you really have to be that hard on me?" Yoongi whined to get a sharp look from his leader. "Fine..."
"You're welcome back as long as you walk on egg shells. That means you can sleep here again," Namjoon stated which made Yoongi extremely happy. He turned to you with a giant grin.
"I need to get my stuff from your place! And Holly!" Yoongi laughed.
"What? But Holly's mine!" You complained to see his grin shrink slightly. "...forget it. You can keep Holly as long as you promise to respect him."
"Obviously. I was gonna steal him if you said no anyway." Yoongi happily jumped up and started shouting with Seokjin and Hoseok. While those three jumped around, Namjoon shook his head with a light chuckle. Taehyung questioned who Holly was but no one answered him so he left it be.
That left Jimin and Jungkook sitting next to each other with an empty space between them. They didn't even want to take the new free space. Taehyung cleared his throat loudly as he watched the two boys. He clearly wanted his two friends to make up already. You wanted the same, but you also wished that they wouldn't force you to choose or anything like that. Those dramas always made you throw a pillow at the screen. Hopefully, they can accept you just wanting to stay friends for now. You valued your friendship with them too much to start anything deeper. Namjoon told the older members to quiet down. Eventually, all the attention was on the light-haired brunette and the blonde.
Jimin started first by apologizing for his thoughtless actions. He then told the full story on what happened for the rest of the members to hear. All his words were truthful, and he didn't lie about a single part to make someone look better or worse. He stated his faults for continuously attacking Jungkook until he fought back. Jimin told everyone that Jungkook suddenly kissed you and was blinded by jealously. He described it as white-hot rage when he saw that. All his hyungs listened intently while Taehyung eyed your face to see how you felt. For the most part you were fine, but only felt embarrassed at the mention of the kiss.
Jungkook took in a large breath when Jimin was finished. He slapped his hands together and gave his apology without looking at the blonde. The maknae told everyone the promise he told you about not fighting and holding his anger back. He felt ashamed for breaking it in less than five minutes. It was ridiculous to him and Jimin felt bad. They made up easily but were still hesitant to completely become comfortable around each other. Taehyung had enough of that and forced a group hug on them. They were stiff at first before laughing with the silver hair. All of them hugged each other tightly, appreciating their first-year bond with one another.
"That's good that everything's been cleared up." Namjoon stood up from his chair. "I almost forgot the importance of talking things out until the end. It really helps clear up misunderstandings."
"Aw! I missed you, Namjoon hyung!" Taehyung left the first years to hug the leader. "I can't wait to see you in action again as our new leader."
"Me too." Namjoon chuckled, petting Taehyung's fluffy hair. Jungkook and Jimin stood up to shake hands with each other. They promised not to let their friendship suffer anymore because of girls.
"Good. Because we're friends." You crossed your arms to see them both pout. "Don't give me that!"
"Fine." Jungkook laughed, grinning like a cute bunny. "Ah, but what happened between you and Jimin though? You guys were really close then all of a suddenâ"
"She rejected my feelings," Jimin lied. Jungkook's brows jumped in surprise. He would never expect Jimin to do something so courageous as confessing his feelings. At that moment, Yoongi came in to tell the truth.
"He's lying. Jimin was upset because he couldn't complete his dream of becoming a dancer and then got mad at (F/n) for not understanding." Yoongi shoved his hands into his pockets. All the members were confused to know about this information. They didn't know Jimin was a dancer and you know Jimin didn't want them to ever find out. Protectively turning to face Jimin, his face grew pale.
"Y-Yoongi! That's something for meâ" Jimin panicked, but Yoongi gave him a quick side hug.
"No more secrets in the gang." Yoongi sighed. "Do what you want...but don't leave us, please."
"Hyung..." Jimin was stunned before shaking his head. "No, I don't dance anymore."
"Why not just do it for fun? From time to time instead of professionally or with classes?" You slowly came into the conversation. Yoongi shook his head at your shameless attempts. Jimin was silent for what felt like the longest time. Hoseok then came over to Jimin with a lot of enthusiasm.
"Why didn't you tell us!?" Hoseok bounced up and down. "Show us what you can do!"
"W-What? I'm really not that good..." Jimin nervously rubbed his arm.
"He's good!!" You shouted to get a playful glare from Jimin.
Finally, the awkwardness between the two of you had melted away. After a storm there's a rainbow. The skies were cleared, and the day was brighter. Jimin hesitantly showed a little snippet of a dance that caught the attention of his members. Even Yoongi nodded with some approval. Hoseok clapped excitedly and told Jimin to teach him the steps. The grin on Jimin' face was the biggest you had seen in a long time. His eyes had turned into lines as he slowly taught the choreography to the red head. Jimin apologized for not knowing the counts, but Hoseok told him that it was fine. Soon Jungkook and Taehyung joined in on the fun. They asked questions whenever they were confused on certain movements. Jimin kept laughing, saying his cheeks hurt while teaching them.
Once they all got the movement down, you played the music for them on your phone. Jimin showed the boys how the dance went with the music. They all stared in awe and clapped for him. Jimin clearly enjoyed their praise, bowing at them multiple times. That's when the four boys performed the girl group dance proudly to get Seokjin and Namjoon excited. Yoongi's tired expression didn't change as he watched the boys go. Then he finally had a reaction by laughing when Hoseok made the finishing move incredibly exaggerated. Hoseok and Jimin were happy with the dance, still jumping around in excitement. You were so happy to have Jimin dancing and smiling again. There better be nothing but sunshine from now on.
"You're really good, Hoseok hyung!" Jimin complimented.
"You think so? I guess I should practice!" Hoseok laughed.
"It's not fair how perfect Jungkook is at everything. I had to look at him since I forgot the choreo at one point." Taehyung pouted while Jungkook shrugged.
"You guys should join in too!" Hoseok motioned the three boys to attempt dancing. Seokjin came over while Namjoon begrudgingly followed. Yoongi stayed in his seat with a look that dared them to get him out of the chair. "Don't be like that, Yoongi!"
"I'm not dancing." Yoongi shook his head.
"Yoongi is no fun." Hoseok whined as Jimin retaught the moves to Namjoon and Seokjin.
They struggled a little more than the first four boys. The leader and eldest kept bumping into each other or getting off beat. It was making them grow frustrated, but the others told them to keep going. After some practice, Namjoon and Seokjin were able to keep up when the music was playing. Those two high-fived at their hard work. All they needed was practice and now they were golden for this dance. One thing you did notice was Yoongi had gotten out of his chair. He didn't leave its side since his hand was still on it, but you saw his small feet movement. He was dancing! A smirk grew on your lips as you pointed it out to Jimin in the middle of the music. Jimin jumped so high in the air before running over to the blue hair.
"Hyung!" Jimin grabbed Yoongi, trying his best to take him over to the 'dance floor'. Yoongi refused and that's when Jungkook came over to help a friend out. Jungkook threw Yoongi over his shoulder and brought him to dance with the others. "You already know the dance?"
"I was forced to watch it multiple times because of those two," Yoongi grumbled, referencing the pink hair and black hair.
"Hey! You better dance good then." Namjoon called him out, making sure to get a scared nod from Yoongi before giving you a thumbs up. "Turn on the music!"
"Yay!" You pressed play on your phone to see them all dance in synch. It was mesmerizing, but also entertaining. Yoongi even made sure to act cute at the end of the dance. "Oh my gosh, that was perfect! You guys should actually become an idol group!"
"Ahaha, yeah! We'll be the Bullet Boys!" Taehyung cheered.
"Maybe the Bullet Proof Boy Scouts instead?" Seokjin suggested.
"Beyond the Scene?" Hoseok tilted his head.
"BTS!" Namjoon clapped his hands. "We're Bangtansonyeondan together."
"God, no. I don't approve of any of this." Yoongi fell back into his chair.
"You just got back into the gang, don't make me regret it." Namjoon teased while Yoongi took it more seriously.
"...I wasn't that good. We wouldn't do well." Yoongi shook his head.
"You were actually pretty good at dancing, Hyung," Jungkook commented. All the boys were wowed to see the golden maknae approving one of his hyung's skills. Still, Yoongi wouldn't take it.
"Yeah, and our manager is a hitman." Yoongi rolled his eyes.
"Aw, c'mon this is just for fun." Hoseok grinned, walking over to squish Yoongi's face. Seokjin went to mess around with the blue hair as well. Taehyung, Jungkook, and Jimin repeated the dance happily for fun. Namjoon walked over to you as he released a happy sigh. You were letting the song continue playing on your phone, but you turned your attention to Namjoon instead.
"I'm glad you're here," Namjoon said.
"Really?" You bounced up in your seat.
"Sure, more drama happens but you do help the gang in ways that I can't. You even help me." Namjoon nodded.
"That's not true..." You tucked some hair behind your ear.
"It is. So I wanted to thank you for that." Namjoon held out his hand for you. "I'll always appreciate it."
Staring at his hand, you shook your head before quickly bringing him into a tight hug. He laughed and patted your back. "No problem!"